Ordinance No. 18-07

Bond Ordinance Making a Supplemental Appropriation of $210,000 for the Acquisition of a New Fire Truck Heretofore Authorized to Be Undertaken by the Township of Vernon, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, and Authorizing the Issuance of $200,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township for Financing Such Supplemental Appropriation

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF VERNON IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY (not less than two-thirds of all the members thereof affirmatively concurring), AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The improvement described in Section 3 of this bond ordinance has heretofore been and is hereby authorized as a general improvement to be made or acquired by The Township of Vernon, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, by the bond ordinance (hereinafter called the “Prior Ordinance”) of the Township adopted June 26, 2017, entitled: “Bond ordinance appropriating $3,636,500, and authorizing the issuance of $2,948,000 bonds or notes of the Township, for various improvements or purposes authorized to be undertaken by the Township of Vernon, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey.” The cost of the improvement described in Section 3(a) of this bond ordinance, estimated in Section 3(h) of the Prior Ordinance at $1,013,000, is now estimated at $1,223,000. By the Prior Ordinance there has been appropriated to payment of the cost of said improvement the sum of $1,013,000. It is now necessary for the Township to raise the additional sum of $210,000 to meet the remainder of said $1,223,000 estimated cost of said improvement not provided by the appropriation therefor made by the Prior Ordinance.

Section 2. For the said improvement or purpose stated in Section 3(a) of this bond ordinance, and in addition to the sum of $1,013,000 heretofore appropriated therefor by the Prior Ordinance, there is hereby appropriated the further sum of $210,000 including the sum of $10,000 as an additional down payment for said improvement or purpose required by law and now available therefor by virtue of provision in a previously adopted budget or budgets of the Township for down payment or for capital improvement purposes. Said additional appropriation of $210,000 shall be financed and met from the said additional down payment and from the proceeds of negotiable bonds of the Township which are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of $200,000 pursuant to the Local Bond Law of New Jersey. In anticipation of the issuance of said bonds and to temporarily finance said improvement or purpose, negotiable notes of the Township in a principal amount not exceeding $200,000 are hereby authorized to be issued pursuant to and within the limitations prescribed by said Local Bond Law.

Section 3.

The improvement authorized by Section 3(h) of the Prior Ordinance and by this bond ordinance and purpose for the financing of which said obligations are to be issued is the acquisition by purchase of new fire-fighting equipment for the preservation of life and property in and by the Township, including one (1) ladder fire truck, together with all equipment, attachments and accessories necessary therefor or incidental thereto, all as shown on and in accordance with the specifications therefor on file or to be filed in the office of the Township Clerk and hereby approved.

The estimated maximum amount of bonds or notes to be issued for said purpose is $1,167,000 inclusive of the $967,000 principal amount of bonds or notes of the Township heretofore authorized for said improvement or purpose pursuant to the Prior Ordinance.

The estimated cost of said purpose is $1,223,000 inclusive of the sum of $1,013,000 heretofore appropriated for said improvement by the Prior Ordinance.

Section 4. The following additional matters are hereby determined, declared, recited and stated:

The said purpose described in Section 3 of this bond ordinance is not a current expense and is a property or improvement which the Township may lawfully acquire or make as a general improvement, and no part of the cost thereof has been or shall be specially assessed on property specially benefited thereby.

The period of usefulness of said purpose within the limitations of said Local Bond Law, according to the reasonable life thereof computed from the date of the said bonds authorized by this bond ordinance, is ten (10) years.

The supplemental debt statement required by said Local Bond Law has been duly made and filed in the office of the Township Clerk and a complete executed duplicate thereof has been filed in the office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey, and such statement shows that the gross debt of the Township as defined in said Local Bond Law is increased by the authorization of the bonds and notes provided for in this bond ordinance by $200,000, and the said obligations authorized by this bond ordinance will be within all debt limitations prescribed by said Local Bond Law.

An aggregate amount not exceeding $2,000 for interest on said obligations, costs of issuing said obligations and other items of expense listed in and permitted under section 40A:2-20 of said Local Bond Law may be included as part of the additional cost of said improvement and has been included in the foregoing $210,000 additional estimated cost thereof.

Section 5. All bond anticipation notes issued hereunder shall mature at such times as may be determined by the Chief Financial Officer, provided that no note shall mature later than one year from its date. The notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates and be in such form as may be determined by the Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall determine all matters in connection with the notes issued pursuant to this bond ordinance, and the Chief Financial Officer’s signature upon the notes shall be conclusive evidence as to all such determinations. All notes issued hereunder may be renewed from time to time subject to the provisions of N.J.S.A. §40A:2-8. The Chief Financial Officer is hereby authorized to sell part or all of the notes from time to time at public or private sale and to deliver them to the purchasers thereof upon receipt of payment of the purchase price plus accrued interest from their dates to the dates of delivery thereof. The Chief Financial Officer is directed to report in writing to the governing body of the Township at the meeting next succeeding the date when any sale or delivery of the notes pursuant to this bond ordinance is made. Such report must include the principal amount, interest rate and maturities of the notes sold, the price obtained and the name of the purchaser.

Section 6. The full faith and credit of the Township are hereby pledged to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the said obligations authorized by this bond ordinance. Said obligations shall be direct, unlimited obligations of the Township, and the Township shall be obligated to levy ad valorem taxes upon all the taxable property within the Township for the payment of said obligations and interest thereon without limitation of rate or amount.

Section 7. The capital budget or temporary capital budget of the Township is hereby amended to conform with the provisions of this ordinance to the extent of any inconsistency herewith and the resolutions promulgated by the Local Finance Board showing all detail of the amended capital budget or temporary capital budget and capital program as approved by the Director, Division of Local Government Services, are on file with the Township Clerk and are available for public inspection.

Section 8. This bond ordinance shall take effect twenty (20) days after the first publication thereof after final adoption, as provided by said Local Bond Law.